Procedimientos para impugnar condenas y sentencias en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si alguien ha sido condenado por un crimen y cree que fue tratado injustamente, puede pedir ayuda para cambiar esa decisión. Esto incluye situaciones donde no se siguieron las reglas o hay nueva evidencia que no se presentó antes.

Es como si un estudiante recibiera una calificación baja en un examen y luego se diera cuenta de que el profesor no contó una pregunta que estaba en la hoja. El estudiante puede pedir revisar el examen para que se tome en cuenta esa pregunta.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue condenado a dos años de prisión por un robo. Un año después, encuentra un video que demuestra que no estaba en el lugar del crimen. Juan puede usar esta nueva evidencia para solicitar que se revise su caso y posiblemente se anule su condena.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 17-27-20. Persons who may institute proceeding; exclusiveness of remedy. (A) Any person who has been convicted of, or sentenced for, a crime and who claims: (1) That the conviction or the sentence was in violation of the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution or laws of this State; (2) That the court was without jurisdiction to impose sentence; (3) That the sentence exceeds the maximum authorized by law; (4) That there exists evidence of material facts, not previously presented and heard, that requires vacation of the conviction or sentence in the interest of justice; (5) That his sentence has expired, his probation, parole or conditional release unlawfully revoked, or he is otherwise unlawfully held in custody or other restraint; or (6) That the conviction or sentence is otherwise subject to collateral attack upon any ground of alleged error heretofore available under any common law, statutory or other writ, motion, petition, proceeding or remedy; may institute, without paying a filing fee, a proceeding under this chapter to secure relief. Provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to permit collateral attack on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction. (B) This remedy is not a substitute for nor does it affect any remedy incident to the proceedings in the trial court, or of direct review of the sentence or conviction. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it comprehends and takes the place of all other common law, statutory or other remedies heretofore available for challenging the validity of the conviction or sentence. It shall be used exclusively in place of them. HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 17-601; 1969 (56) 158. Code Commissioner's Note A scrivener's error in (A) was made in 1970, when th